by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930)
My bed and pillow are cold
Language: English
My bed and pillow are cold, My heart is faint with dread, The air hath an odour of mould, I dream I lie with the dead : I cannot move, O come to me, love, Or else I am dead. The feet I hear on the floor Tread heavily overhead: O Love, come down to the door, Gome, Love, come, ere I be dead : Make shine thy light, O Love, in the night; Or else I am dead.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Seymour Bridges (1844 - 1930), no title, appears in The Shorter Poems of Robert Bridges, first published 1890 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916), "My bed and pillow are cold", published <<1940 [voice and piano], from Six songs [text not verified]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 77